MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fields'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338216&cid=t_104320_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F01%2F11%2Fthe-book-of-love%2F Filed under: Music - TV - Film Tagged: book of love, magnetic fields, nataly dawn, wedding music (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338216 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:10:56 +0100 4338216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3655570&cid=t_104320_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fgreen-fields-photo-of-the-day%2F Bucolic green fields might seem far from your home in the city during the week, but chances are, they’re not out of reach this weekend. Rent a car, take a train, or ride a bike and get out to the green: Photo from Flickr user Olof S Post from: BlissTree Green Fields: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3655570 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:30:52 +0100 3655570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281404&cid=t_104320_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2FLU55GLxQnbk%2Fexploring-glial-cells-with-r-douglas-fields-bsp-69.html Discussion Forum: Join our Facebook Fan Page: Send me feedback at gincampbell at mac dot com or leave voice mail at 205-202-0663. (Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell) the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281404 Wed, 12 May 2010 14:03:17 +0100 4281404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645272&cid=t_104320_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQe18rsRHyBs%2F The 20th Century featured many examples of genocide, mass murder, brutality, and other forms of human horror at the hands of totalitarian governments.  Perhaps none was worse — at least in terms of the proportion of the population slaughtered and resulting impact on the survivors — than Cambodia. The commandant of the notorious S-21, or Tuol Sleng, is currently on trial.  The proceedings offer a stark reminder of what monstrosities cruel social engineers with guns can wreak.  Reports Reuters: A senior Khmer Rouge prison guard on Thursday told a war crimes tribunal he was forced to send thousands of detainees to an execution site, where they were brutally killed and their bodies thrown into mass graves. Him Huy, 54, a guard at Phnom Penh’s notorious S-21 prison, said ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645272 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:21:57 +0100 2645272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630111&cid=t_104320_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fa-cactus-for-your-computer%2F If you’re like me and spend way too much time in front of the computer, you might want to consider livening up the area surrounding the computer with a cactus or two. According to the daily green, some Swiss researchers in the mid-1980s did some tests and found that people ‘who used to suffer from headaches and tiredness felt better after working for two years with a cactus next to their monitors.’ Why? One theory is that the cacti, which grows in areas of extreme heat and dryness, is able to counter the effects of harsh solar radiation. My theory - the cactus simply reminds people of wide open spaces and helps their minds  escape from the confining office cubicle. A totally unscientific theory but it works for me. (image source) Post from: Healthbolt (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630111 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:00:17 +0100 2630111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200622&cid=t_104320_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FM85a_wepspI%2F Would it surprise you to know that American teenagers are interested in science, technology, engineering and math? A survey found that an “overwhelming majority – 85 percent to be exact - of teenagers expressed interest in how things work” in the sciences. The 2009 Lemelson-MIT Innovation Index (LMII) also found that 80 percent felt their schools prepared them for careers in the STEM fields. Unfortunately, that interest does not translate to pursuing higher studies or careers in the sciences. Why? These teenagers don’t know anyone working in the field or have a clue of what the fields are all about. Take home message? Taking a little time to mentor interested teenagers might increase our future crop of scientists someday. In “Help wanted: US teens need science and engineering... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200622 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:15:00 +0100 2200622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1998919&cid=t_104320_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F30%2Fat-age-13-sat-m-can-predict-science-success%2F What if there were a simple measure that you could use to help gauge the probability of a person achieving future success in the sciences? What if that measure already existed and was widely administered, just not at the right age to do much good? Researchers Park et al., writing in the October issue of Psychological Science, suggest that the measure is the SAT-M, the math portion of the SAT (the test most high school students take for college admissions). And, if given at age 13 (usually long before it is traditionally taken), can be a predictive measure of success in science. Success, in this case, is measured by either publications in a scholarly journal, or patent applications. Teens who scored in the highest quartile on the SAT-M at age 13, and then who go on to earn doctorates or... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1998919 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:10:31 +0100 1998919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1551318&cid=t_104320_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F06%2F27%2Fzap-your-migraine-away-with-magnets%2F In this study,  researchers worked with 201 people who suffer from “migraine with aura” migraines. Half of them were given a genuine magnetic stimulation device and the other half a ‘pseudo’ magnetic stimulation device that was unable to provide a magnet current. Both groups were told to place the device to the back of their heads as soon as the aura feeling began. The test results showed that 39% of those using the genuine magnetic device remained pain-free two hours after using the device, whereas only 22% of those with the ‘pseudo’ device remained pain-free. The results, researchers say, are promising. As migraine sufferers know, there is no definitive treatment for migraines. Currently there are three main treatment options… Migraine avoid... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551318 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:33:02 +0100 1551318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642970&cid=t_104320_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F01%2Fdith-pran-a-farewell%2F For many of us who were too young at the time to fully grasp the human atrocities suffered by the people of Cambodia during the regime of the Khmer Rouge, The Killing Fields was the very powerful movie in the 1980s that showed us an overflowing album of the saddest pictures in that part of the world. I have watched that year’s Oscars that awarded the late physician and actor Dr. Haing S. Ngor (1940-1996) for his soulful portrayal of the translator and photojournalist Mr. Dith Pran. But I have seen the film in full only in 2004.   The New York Times announced yesterday the passing away of Mr. Pran, losing to his pancreatic cancer. Dith Pran, a photojournalist for The New York Times whose gruesome ordeal in the killing fields of Cambodia was re-created in a 1984 movie that g... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642970 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:31:02 +0100 4642970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064847&cid=t_104320_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F02%2Fevidence-based-management-techniques%2F Vaughan has, unsurprisingly, found no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on “management techniques.” I say “unsurprisingly” because effective management of people in a work setting is not something that has been studied in that manner, since that’s not how researchers conduct studies in all fields and disciplines. Not to say there isn’t research in this area, because, of course, there is. There’s an entire field of study called industrial and organizational psychology that studies how psychology works in organizations and business. So I think it’s a bit unfair holding this field up to another field’s gold standard. Sociologists also generally don’t employ RCTs, nor do epidemiologists. Does that make their science any less val... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064847 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:38:17 +0100 1064847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886440&cid=t_104320_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F158969256%2F The Roche ceo is something of a sales rep these days as he single-handedly pushes the pandemic product. “The threat of a global influenza pandemic is as real as ever,” he tells The Star-Ledger of New Jersey (which owns Pharmalot). “I’m sure a lot of people think it could never happen, but all you have to do is talk to the folks at the National Institutes of Health to realize it could happen. With air travel, it will move around the world faster than it ever did in 1918.” Speaking of air travel, George regularly briefs business groups and other companies on why they should stock up. Tonight, for instance, he’s traveling to Tennessee to make his pitch to The Economic Club of Memphis. Only one problem, the paper writes: “As scary as Abercrombie’... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886440 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:10:20 +0100 886440 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=812276&cid=t_104320_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F146492390%2F Who is this flying nun? Sally Fields, of course. That was a hit 1960’s TV series in which she starred as an innocent waif with the equivalent of wings. More recently, though, the perky actress with the youthful look - she’s 60 years old now - has successfully pitched a campaign for Boniva, the osteoporosis med marketed by Roche and Glaxo. Last week, however, Novartis won FDA approval for a rival med, Reclast, which only needs to be taken once a year. But as Joe Tooley, an analyst at AG Edwards points out in an investor note this morning, the market is flat - year-over-year growth is only 0.3 percent. Right now, the leader is Merck’s Fosamax, with a 41.5 percent share of the oral bisphosphonates market. But, he notes, “perhaps the biggest challenge to Reclast’s acc... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=812276 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:45:25 +0100 812276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699267&cid=t_104320_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F27%2Fthought-for-the-day-are-magnets-our-miracle-cure%2F Filed under: Thought for the DayIt's believed by some experts that there's a safe, non-addictive, completely harmless way to kill cancer cells as well as many other illnesses. This magical drug? Well, it's not a drug. It's something you probably have in your home right now .... magnets. Magnets have been shown to kill cancer cells in animals. What's more, a negative magnetic field can function much like an antibiotic when surrounding a tumor, and it can destroy bacterial, fungal and viral infections. The patient in this article reported that using magnetic fields during his battle with colon cancer reduced his discomfort by quite a bit. Ok, maybe this isn't the miracle treatment we've all been waiting for, but maybe it is, and shouldn't there be more hype about this?Are pharmaceutical comp... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699267 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 699267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485338&cid=t_104320_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F20%2Felectromagnetic-field-didnt-cause-australia-cancer-cluster%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Research, Environment, Daily newsAn independent report revealed recently that women employed at the Toowong site of ABC's former Brisbane studios in Australia were six times more likely to develop breast cancer than other women.The site has been vacated. And the hunt is on -- for the cause of this unusually high rate of the disease.No luck yet -- but new findings, while not definitive on what has caused this cluster, do indicate exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is not a factor -- because the low frequency fields at the site were typical of other workplaces and residences, without any such cancer cluster.Further testing will take place in an attempt to solve this on-going mystery, chronicled in the posts that follow.ABC journalists walk out over cancer cl... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485338 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 485338